Underdog - Alicia Keys: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

Underdog

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R&B/Soul

Underdog was released on November 28, 2021 by RCA Records Label as a part of the album Alicia Keys: Sweet Dreams - EP

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OVERVIEW

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Music Video

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Alicia Keys

Piano

Johnny McDaid

Background Vocals

Ed Sheeran

Background Vocals

Jonny Coffer

Programming

Jukebox

Programming

Emile Haynie

Programming

Ash Soan

Drums

Steven Wolf

Drums

Will Reynolds

Electric Guitar

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Johnny McDaid

Songwriter

Ed Sheeran

Songwriter

Foy Vance

Songwriter

Jonny Coffer

Songwriter

Amy Wadge

Songwriter

Alicia Augello-Cook

Alicia Augello-Cook

Songwriter

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

[Verse 2]

She was walking in the street, looked up and noticed

He was nameless, he was homeless

She asked him his name and told him what hers was

He gave her a story 'bout life

With a glint in his eye and a corner of a smile

One conversation, simple moment

The things that change us if we notice

When we look up sometimes

[Verse 3]

They said I would never make it

But I was built to break the mold

The only dream that I've been chasing is my own

[Verse 4]

So I sing a song for the hustlers trading at the bus stop

Single mothers waiting on a check to come

Young teachers, student doctors

Sons on the front line knowing they don't get to run

This goes out to the underdog

Keep on keeping at what you love

You'll find that someday soon enough

You will rise up, rise up, yeah

[Verse 5]

Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

[Verse 6]

She's riding in a taxi back to the kitchen

Talking to the driver 'bout his wife and his children

On the run from a country where they put you in prison

For being a woman, speaking your mind

She looked in his eyes in the mirror and he smiled

One conversation, simple moment

The things that change us if we notice

When we look up sometimes

[Verse 7]

They said I would never make it

But I was built to break the mold

The only dream that I've been chasing is my own

[Verse 8]

So I sing a song for the hustlers trading at the bus stop

Single mothers waiting on a check to come

Young teachers, student doctors

Sons on the front line knowing they don't get to run

This goes out to the underdog

Keep on keeping at what you love

You'll find that someday soon enough

You will rise up, rise up, yeah

Written by: Alicia Keys, Amy Wadge, Ed Sheeran, Foy Vance, Johnny McDaid, Jonny Coffer

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